Our Leadership

NEA Officers

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Bradley Hardy

President

Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy
Georgetown University

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Illenin Kondo

President-Elect

Principal Research Economist, Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Valerie Wilson

Robynn Cox

Immediate Past President

Associate Professor, School of Public Policy
UC Riverside

Hazel Robinson

Hazel Robinson, MA

Treasurer

Romie Tribble

Romie Tribble, Jr.

Secretary

Professor, Department of Economics
Spelman College

NEA Executive Board Members

Fenaba Addo

Fenaba Addo

Associate Professor of Public Policy
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Janelle Jones

Karl Boulware

Associate Professor of Economics
Wesleyan University

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Colin Cannonier

Professor of Economics and Director of the Faculty Fellows Program
Belmont University

Jan E. Christopher

Jan E. Christopher

Associate Professor of Economics
Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance
College of Business
Delaware State University

Jamein Cunningham

Jamein Cunningham

Assistant Professor
Law School and LBJ School of Public Affairs
University of Texas at Austin

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Monique Davis

Economist
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Javay Grooms

Jevay Grooms

Assistant Professor of Economics
Howard University

Chantal Smith

Chantal Smith

Assistant Professor of Economics
Washington and Lee University

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Omari Swinton

Professor and Department Chair, Department of Economics
Howard University

Willene A. Johnson

Susanne Toney

Associate Professor and Endowed Chairperson
Hampton University

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Kenneth Whaley

Assistant Professor
University of South Florida

Romie Tribble

Jeannette Wicks-Lim

Research Professor
Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst